Announcements
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Responding to President Biden’s ambiguous threat to cut off weapons to Israel, if its military proceeded with the offensive in Rafah, House Republicans have introduced a bill to block Biden from freezing arms transfers. If passed, this would be an unprecedented attempt by Congress to prevent human rights from even being considered in weapons transfers. This…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “In Harvard Yard” By Walter Johnson, New York Review of Books, posted May 8 A complex account of the dynamics of the pro-Palestinian encampment that began April 24 at Harvard University and the administration’s response to it. The author teaches African and African American Studies at Harvard. “Why I’m Not Calling the Police…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Israeli Massacres Continue in Gaza as Returnees to North Are Targeted and Refugee Camp Is Bombed” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment, posted April 15 A reminder of the ongoing collective punishment in Gaza amid media focus on Israel-Iran tensions. The author teaches Middle East history at the University of…
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Note: Carolyn “Rusti” Eisenberg, author of one of the articles in the following list and a longtime Steering Committee member of H-PAD and its predecessor, Historians Against the War, has been announced as a winner of the prestigious Bancroft Prize awarded annually by the Organization of American Historians. The award is for her book Fire…
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Legislative Alert: Preserve UNRWA Funding ! Despite the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the Biden Administration has cut off funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ( UNRWA,) the primary organization carrying out relief inside Gaza. Representatives Raskin, Carson and Jayapal are circulating a Congressional letter calling for the preservation of that funding. Listed below…
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Legislative Alert: Preserve UNRWA Funding ! Despite the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the Biden Administration has cut off funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ( UNRWA,) the primary organization carrying out relief inside Gaza. Representatives Raskin, Carson and Jayapal are circulating a Congressional letter calling for the preservation of that funding. Listed…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Top 3 Things Biden Could Do Instead of Intensively Bombing Iraq and Syria” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment, posted February 3 A short piece arguing the futility of US air strikes in Iraq and Syria and advocating the withdrawal of US troops from both countries and a cessation to…
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In the next day or two, the House of Representatives will be voting on a bill which gives $17.6 billion in additional military aid to Israel. Granting Israel another huge gift of money for weapons at a time when its military is massacring Palestinian civilians is beyond horrific. Dissenting voices are urgently needed. Please call your Congressional…
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HPAD members & supporters, This letter to President Biden urges immediate action on Gaza, and we hope all of our supporters with an academic affiliation (e.g. an “.edu” email) will sign and forward to colleagues. It closes February 7–no time to lose! Margaret Power and Van Gosse, H-PAD Co-Chairs Share List
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[Passed at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, January 6, 2024] Whereas, the AHA’s Guiding Principles on Taking a Public Stance (2017) specify that “in a wide range of situations, whether involving the rights and careers of individual historians, historical practice in diverse venues, or the role of history in public culture, the…